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• 2# Green Cabbage
• 1# Red Cabbage
• 3# Cooked Chicken Breast
• 1# Peeled and grated carrots
• 1# Red bells- julienne
• 3 Bunches of Cilantro- chopped
• 2 Bunches of Green onion- sliced on the bias
• 4 TBS Sesame seeds- lightly toasted
• 1 ½ cups Peanuts- toasted and lightly chopped
•  1/2# Fried Noodles

Dressing

• ½ cup Sesame Oil
• 2 cups Rice Wine Vinegar
• 1 cup Orange Juice
• ½ cup Sugar or to taste
• ½ cup Soybean Oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Julienne the cabbages and slice the cooked chicken.  Add both to a large bowl with the carrots and bell peppers.  Whisk the ingredients  for the dressing in a separate bowl.

Dress the salad tossing lightly.  Garnish the salad with the cilantro, green onions, peanuts and topped off finally with the fried noodles.

• 4 Tbs. unsalted butter
• 3 cups peeled chopped onions
• 2 Tbs. peeled minced garlic
• 3 Tbs. peeled minced ginger
• 4 Tbs. orange zest
• 1/2 Tbs. ground toasted coriander
• 1/2 Tbs. ground toasted cumin
• 1/2 tsp. cayenne
• 4 cups peeled and sliced carrots
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1 cup orange juice
• 8 cups chicken stock
• salt and black pepper
• 6 Tbs. chopped cilantro

Melt the butter in a heavy bottomed pot and add the onions- sweat them for 5 minutes till translucent but not brown.  Add the garlic and ginger and with the flame still on low cook for an additional 2 minutes to bloom them.  Add the zest and the spices and treat them likewise.  Turn up the heat, add the carrots and stir it all up. After a half a minute or so splash it with the wine and the orange juice. Once that hits you in the face stir in the stock and bring it to a low and careful boil.   When the carrots are soft after (about 45 minutes), it’s time to puree the soup either with a hand blender or by straining the solids off and pureeing them in a food processor and blending it back into the liquid.   Season to taste and add the cilantro.

As an option you can dollop or squirt a ribbon of spiced yogurt or creme fraiche on the top of the soup when you serve it.  Make it nice as life is precious.